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  1. Overview: Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889
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  3. Committee:The Convention
  4. Session: 1889-09-14 10:00:00
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Wyoming State Constitutional Convention 1889

The Wyoming Constitution Convention began September 2, 1889 without the authorization from an enabling act. The articles were individually voted on, creating the final Constitution of Wyoming on September 30, 1889. It was later ratified on November 5, 1889.

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Session 5721: 1889-09-14 10:00:00

The Committee on Legislative Department presented their reports to the Convention. Propositions were presented by members of the Convention and referred to their respective committees. The Committee on Federal Relations, Public Land and Military Affairs and the Committee on Executive Department each presented their reports to the Convention. The Rules of the Convention were then taken up.

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Minority Report Concerning Apportionment and Legislative Department [File No. 76, Committee on Legislative Department]

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The minority of your committee on legislative department, No. 2, beg leave to report section 3 filed herewith, and ask its adoption in lieu of section 3 of the majority report.

September 14, 1889.

Sec. 3. The legislature of this state, until otherwise provided by law, shall consist of fifteen members of the senate and thirty-one members of the house of representatives, to be apportioned to the several counties and districts, as near as may be, according to the number of their inhabitants. Provided, that no city or county shall be entitled to separate representation in the senate until, the whole number of senators shall be twenty-four (24) or more, when the said separate representation shall not exceed one-sixth of the whole number of senators.

E. S. N. MORGAN.

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